Howzit Guys,
I'm in the process of cleaning out and refitting my boat, I bought a 17ft Baronet which needs a little work
I have so far pulled off the 75Hp Yammy that has 0 compression in the bottom cylinder and fitted a 60Hp Johnson I have.
have raised the motor to line up with the bottom of the hull, ie cavitation plate is now about 5mm higher than the bottom of the hull.
I have pulled off all the wooden grab rails and am sanding and varnishing these.
Pulled out the vrot wood on the dash and cupboard door and am replacing this. who on earth uses Masonite for a dash panel anyway?
Also replacing the wood under the seats as the plywood is vrot.
ripped all the wiring out of the cabin will be redoing this as old wires are 30 years old and full of joins, and had no fuses at all.
Installed new weatherstrips around the hatch in the cabin as this was leaking.
I have replaced all the wiring in the outboard using new plugs lugs etc.
Relocating the batteries I will be running 2 battery’s as the cabin will have a house battery and invertor for the misses to watch her netflix and charge a laptop. run lights etc. house battery will be charged at home and not be connected to the starter battery. luck I have a few sealed deepcycle batteries lying around not being used.
will also be able to jump start the outboard if I really needed to.
The batteries will be in the seat opposite the helm will also bring some weight forward as I don’t want batteries and fuel in the stern.
I found a bilge pump lying lose under the seats. is this a requirement for a cabin boat and if so where do I mount this to be most effective?
I am patching some holes on the deck above the cabin where some lights were fitted and will paint the boat sometime next year.
will fit new night lights as the current ones are a bit of an eyesore.
I'm in the process of cleaning out and refitting my boat, I bought a 17ft Baronet which needs a little work
I have so far pulled off the 75Hp Yammy that has 0 compression in the bottom cylinder and fitted a 60Hp Johnson I have.
have raised the motor to line up with the bottom of the hull, ie cavitation plate is now about 5mm higher than the bottom of the hull.
I have pulled off all the wooden grab rails and am sanding and varnishing these.
Pulled out the vrot wood on the dash and cupboard door and am replacing this. who on earth uses Masonite for a dash panel anyway?
Also replacing the wood under the seats as the plywood is vrot.
ripped all the wiring out of the cabin will be redoing this as old wires are 30 years old and full of joins, and had no fuses at all.
Installed new weatherstrips around the hatch in the cabin as this was leaking.
I have replaced all the wiring in the outboard using new plugs lugs etc.
Relocating the batteries I will be running 2 battery’s as the cabin will have a house battery and invertor for the misses to watch her netflix and charge a laptop. run lights etc. house battery will be charged at home and not be connected to the starter battery. luck I have a few sealed deepcycle batteries lying around not being used.
will also be able to jump start the outboard if I really needed to.
The batteries will be in the seat opposite the helm will also bring some weight forward as I don’t want batteries and fuel in the stern.
I found a bilge pump lying lose under the seats. is this a requirement for a cabin boat and if so where do I mount this to be most effective?
I am patching some holes on the deck above the cabin where some lights were fitted and will paint the boat sometime next year.
will fit new night lights as the current ones are a bit of an eyesore.